Re: 33 Doctors and 33 Patients and more

January 3, 2002

Hello and Happy New Year to everyone! Barb W. - a million warm wishes for a

healthy, happy life for your newest member. Is there anything like holding a

new baby in your arms and burrowing your face in their " new baby " smell? My

oldest has been married a year - almost - but since they've just bought a

new home and, they are teachers - I don't think I should start throwing out

any hints yet. They are still at the lovey-dovey cuddling stage, so it will

be quite a while before I can experience the joy of being a grandmother.

I have so enjoyed being a participant and reading all the interesting stuff

all our members are finding to share with each other. I also enjoyed having

all of my 5 boys during the holidays and have been reading myself silly in

front of the fireplace. Books were the preferred gift this year in our

family.

I do have one nugget I want to share with all of you. I finally got around

to reading Dr. St. Amand's book, " What Your Doctor May not Tell You About

Fibromyalgia. " (better late than never, right?) He should have named it

" What Your Doctor Doesn't Know..., " in my opinion because so few doctors

seem to know much about diagnosing and treating FMS. Then, I spent a lot of

time thinking about what he is advocating and remembering my own medical

history. I'd forgotten a lifetime of problems with low blood sugar because

to me, the problems were so minor at the time. But as we all know, after

being poisoned by mold, nothing stays minor for long.

Anyway, rather than go into a whole lot of detail and bore some of you, let

me just say that it is easy to try out the hypoglycemic diet and see if it

makes a difference. If you are suffering pain, then the guaifenesin may

make a difference to you too. Who knew that everything from ringing in your

ears, to panic attacks, racing heatbeat to a fogged out brain could be

caused by a malfunction of your biochemistry. If you give this a try let us

know how it affects you - so we'll have more evidence. As soon as I've made

the transition, I'll report back in too.

Best wishes,

Barbara

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